Galicia is a region in northwest Spain, with Portugal to the south, the Atlantic to the west and, to the north, Ireland and the Bay of Biscay. The capital is Santiago de Compostela, a Christian pilgrimage site since here are supposed to be the remains of St James. Four provinces comprise the region –Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra– the largest city being Vigo, an important port and industrial centre. In the Middle Ages, Galician-Portuguese (the two share a common history) was the language of poetry in much of the Iberian peninsula. Various songbooks record the famous cantigas songs of love, […]